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Emerging free iOS apps: Disney, Pocket Planes and Top Gear

Disney dominates this week’s free app charts with three new apps that allow Comcast subscribers to watch video content from the Disney channel on their phones and iPads. WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior were all released on June 13 and have shot to No. 1, No. 8 and No. 17 on the free iPhone app chart this week and No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 on the iPad chart.

Slightly lower on the free app charts NimbleBit’s latest game Pocket Planes hits No. 6 on the iPhone app charts and No. 5 on the iPad app chart after being downloaded more than 500,000 times since its release. For more information on our game, read our interview with NimbleBit co-founder Ian Marsh.

In other notable news, the most popular TV show in the world — BBC’s beloved car program Top Gear makes our roundup this week with its new iOS game, Top Gear: Stunt School Revolution. This week’s No. 16 free iPhone app and No. 13 free iPad app, the racing game is a free-to-play title that allows players to race and customize cars all over the world. The app was released on June 14.